維新

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See also: 维新

Chinese

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(grammatical particle) new; newly; meso- (chem.)
trad. (維新)
simp. (维新)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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維新

  1. to reform (politically)

Noun

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維新

清朝中後期,爲了挽回和西方列強越來越大的技術差距,清廷發起洋務運動,史稱同治維新。圖爲金陵兵工廠(現位于南京)所製造的機槍。
  1. reform; reformation (politically, especially in later 19th century and early 20th century)

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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From the Classic of Poetry, poem 235 (《詩經·大雅·文王》):[1]

維新 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
维新 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Zhōu suī jiù bāng, qí mìng wéi xīn. [Pinyin]
Though Zhou is an old state, its (heavenly) appointment is new.

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Noun

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()(しん) (ishinゐしん (wisin)?

  1. restoration (in reference to the Meiji Restoration)
  2. reformation

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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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維新 (yusin) (hangeul 유신)

  1. hanja form? of 유신 (reformation; rejuvenation; restoration)